The effects of a lymphatic treatment protocol in patients with functional constipation
Item
- Title
- The effects of a lymphatic treatment protocol in patients with functional constipation
- Title
- Efectos de un protocolo de tratamiento linfático en pacientes con estreñimiento funcional
- Author(s)
- Quiroga Sepúlveda, Robert
- Abstract
- Introduction/Background: Slow Transit Constipation (STC) affects a large number of people, having negative repercussions on their quality of life. Osteopathy has proved to obtain good results when treating such dysfunction, whose symptoms are frequently presented by patients seeking a consultation. The physiological relationship between the lymphatic system and the enteric neural function may be a key factor responsible for either causing STC or its prevalence when trying to keep intestinal transit steady on a regular basis. Objective/Aim: To compare the post technique changes due to the lymphatic treatment protocol effects according to the Rome III Diagnostic Criteria in patients with STC. Method (design, setting, and participants): a randomized, blind, placebo controlled clinical trial was performed among 14 people of both sexes aging between 26 and 49 years old (study group n=8 and control group n=6). Several data on defecation patterns and constipation disorder were collected before and after performing both the lymphatic treatment protocol and the placebo procedure. Results: Neither significant changes in defecatory patterns nor significant differences as refers to remission, improvement or response affecting the constipation dysfunction were detected between the study group and the control group. The defecation frequency increases under osteopathic treatment as much as it does with the placebo technique. Conclusions: the lymphatic treatment protocol has no effects in patients with STC disorder.
- Abstract
- Introducción: el estreñimiento funcional por tránsito lento (ETL) afecta a un gran número de personas, repercutiendo negativamente en su calidad de vida. Es un síntoma de frecuente aparición en consulta donde la osteopatía puede ofrecer buenos resultados. La relación fisiológica del sistema linfático (SL) con la función neural entérica puede ser un factor que provoque o mantenga el ETL. Objetivo: comparar los cambios postécnica del protocolo de tratamiento linfático sobre los Criterios de Roma III (CR III) en persona con ETL. Metodología: ensayo clínico aleatorio (simple ciego). La muestra fue de 14 personas de ambos sexos entre 26 y 49 años (grupo estudio n=8 y grupo control n=6). Se registraron los datos sobre estreñimiento antes y después de realizar el protocolo de tratamiento linfático en el grupo estudio y un placebo en el grupo control. Resultados: No se produjeron cambios significativos o comportamientos diferentes entre grupo estudio y grupo control. La frecuencia defecatoria aumenta tanto con el tratamiento osteopático como con la técnica placebo. Conclusiones: el protocolo de tratamiento linfático no causa ningún efecto en pacientes con ETL.
- presented at
- Escola de Osteopatia de Barcelona (EOB)
- Date Accepted
- 2014
- Date Submitted
- 7.9.2015 15:36:04
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- Spanish
- Number of pages
- 69
- Submitted by:
- 84
- Pub-Identifier
- 15600
- Inst-Identifier
- 1049
- Keywords
- Constipation; lymphatic system
- Recommended
- 0
- Medium
- robert_quiroga.pdf.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- robert_quiroga.pdf.pdf
Quiroga Sepúlveda, Robert, “The effects of a lymphatic treatment protocol in patients with functional constipation”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 5, 2025, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2317